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The multicultural challenge : a visual-cultural guide to coping in the global era /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aall, Ingrid
Autor Corporativo: California State University, Long Beach
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Woodland Hills, Calif.] : South Asian Studies Association, ©2011.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART I: VISUAL LITERACY; 1 Processing Visual Perceptions; Becoming an Active Viewer; Seeing Subjectively; Seeing Objectively; Integrating Subjective and Objective Perception; Understanding Visual Memory; 2 Decoding Art; Encountering a Work of Art; Identifying Visual Aspects; Interpreting Contextual Aspects; Negotiating Authoritative Interpretations; Responding to Culture-Specific Aesthetics; 3 Decoding People; Regarding First Impressions; Reading Face and Body Language; Interpreting Dress and Style; Recognizing Gender Specificities.
  • Creating Self-Images and Cultural IdentitiesPART II: CULTURAL LITERACY; 4 Processing and Decoding Cultures; Finding Cultural Common Denominators; Identifying Cultural Specificities; Mapping Cultural Response Phases; Conceptualizing Coexisting Cultures; Assessing Dynamics of Multiculturalism; 5 Understanding Our Present and Creating Our Future; Tracking Cultural Shifts; Living in the Digital Age; Educating Toward Integration and Cultural Globalization; Tracking Visual Culture in a Postmodern World; Coping as Global Citizens; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX A: INFORMAL EXPERIMENTS.
  • APPENDIX B: GUIDE TO THE FORMAL ELEMENTSAPPENDIX C: GUIDE TO ANALYZING A WORK OF ART; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY by Chapter; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.